I come here and didn't expect to see a Dowton Abbey spoiler about one of my faves. Balls!

Still, JBF is cool. Don't know if I buy the source, but I dig her as an actress.

__________________"Joss Whedon, Shane Black, Edgar Wright, James Gunn [and Ryan Coogler]… For as much flack as people give Marvel that's a pretty freaking great group of filmmakers. Kind of feel spoiled."

Tony Stark and Pepper Potts never really had a long-term romantic relationship in the comics, IIRC. She had a thing for him but the two of them never dated or did much more than think lovelorn thought balloons about each other. Then Pepper ran off with Happy, leaving Tony to play the field. That's why I was surprised when Pepper was announced as Tony's love interest when Iron Man was filming. I thought they would be likelier to choose Whitney Frost, Bethany Cabe or any of his countless other lovers for the film instead.

Tony Stark and Pepper Potts never really had a long-term romantic relationship in the comics, IIRC. She had a thing for him but the two of them never dated or did much more than think lovelorn thought balloons about each other. Then Pepper ran off with Happy, leaving Tony to play the field. That's why I was surprised when Pepper was announced as Tony's love interest when Iron Man was filming. I thought they would be likelier to choose Whitney Frost, Bethany Cabe or any of his countless other lovers for the film instead.

Sharon was just starting out as an agent when we met her in the comics, so I don't think it's surprising if they cast a young actress (Peggy, conversely, was a superior officer).

In one of her early appearances, Fury describes her as one of SHIELD's top Agents. So I assume experience and as such, age.

Even if she wasn't, the going trend is to just base characters on the version that are most popular and as such most familiar to fans. So Tony, for instance, gets his red and gold armor much sooner than he did in the comics.

Peggy was a French resistance member in the comics, not Steve's superior officer.

Not sure if she's been brought up as a potential Candidate, but anyone else feel that Jessica (yes another Jessica.lol) De Gouw could play the role? She looks like she could be related to Hayley's Peggy in the MCU:

Cap is better on his own. He finds love in this movie. And he delivers is, a big heaping steaming plate of justice

I'm....not sure the world is ready for Captain America to be in a gay relationship just yet. But I've got to wonder why you think he should hook up with Vance Astro, when Bucky is a more obvious choice....?

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I think that was more a product of her being a female written by males during the '60s.

Here's the panel I'm referring to

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Which has nothing to do with why a (slightly) older actress was cast to play the movie version of the character, who was supposed to be an authority figure.

My mistake, I thought you were referring to the comics.

Well, Hayley Atwell was 29 at the time of filming, and I think she looked her age. Only one of the actresses rumored is 29, and she's known for playing a college student who is barely out of her teens.

It also fits with the time period, when there were plenty of people in positions of authority who were pretty young. The protagonist of Band of Brothers, for instance, was a Battalion Commander with the rank of Major at the end of the war at the age of 23.

In the race analogy, if someone says "there's a new front runner" that means, to me, that the previous front runner is no longer a front runner. I think that's what's happening here. If they're meeting with actresses, and then decide to meet with some other actresses, then it looks like those first ones aren't getting the job... or else why meet with others?

I'm....not sure the world is ready for Captain America to be in a gay relationship just yet. But I've got to wonder why you think he should hook up with Vance Astro, when Bucky is a more obvious choice....?